Female Support Worker

Overview

• ID

  311271

• Salary

  £13 per hour

• Type

  Permanent - Full Time

• Location

  Seaton

• Hours

  37.5

• Closing Date

  22/05/2026

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Could you be our next Support Worker?

We're looking for a female Support Worker to join our residential service in Seaton, Devon, working 37.5 hours per week at £13.00 per hour. The role involves various shifts including mornings, afternoons, and weekends. 

With the seafront just a few minutes' walk away, lovely gardens, and plenty of local cafés, this is a brilliant place to work. We support 6 adults with learning disabilities and complex needs to live the life they choose; whether that's accessing the beach, strolling along the seafront, or enjoying cake and coffee at a favourite café.

Your priority will be empowering the people you support to live fulfilling, independent lives. No two days are the same.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting with everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning
• Assisting with personal care and hygiene
• Helping manage finances and medication
• Getting out into the community for shopping, trips, and social activities
• Encouraging independence and wellbeing in everything you do

Who we're looking for:

• Positive, with a can-do attitude
• Caring and empathetic
• Passionate about enhancing other people's lives
• Willing to attend training to support you in your role

For genuine occupational reasons, we can only accept applications from female candidates (exemption under the Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9).

About Sense

Sense is a leading disability charity, here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Together, we drive change, building a future where everyone has the power, choice and control to live the lives we choose.

We’re proud to be a Disability confident leader and a charity where people can grow their skills and careers in a supportive, flexible environment.

Benefits

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
• Free life assurance
• Cashback and discounts on high street brands (including 10% off Sense shops)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel season ticket loans
• Enhanced sick pay
• Free DBS check (if required)
• £350 refer-a-friend scheme
• Access to 100+ online and face-to-face training courses (including the Care Certificate)
• Free access to the Wisdom wellbeing app

If you’re looking for a role that’s active, meaningful, and full of heart; we’d love to welcome you to the team.

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 393 4529 or recruitment@sense.org.uk

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/

Closing Date

22/05/2026